Resilient connecting device.



J. P. WILSON.

RESlLlENT CONNECTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR; 19- 1914 Patented May 11, 1915.

"INVENTOR Jnww MZron WITNESSES ATTORNEYS PATTERSON WILSON, or LosANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AssIGNoR TO WILL H.

GROSSCUP, 01? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

.RESILIEN'I CONNECTING- DEVICE.

Application filed March 19,

T 021 ccfiom it may concern:

iBe it known that 1, JAMES P. WILSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Los Angeles, in' the county of Los Augeles and Stateof California, have invented a new'and Improved Resilient ConnectingDevice, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.f

The invention relates to resilient means for connecting two membersorarticles such as for attaching Suspender pa'rtsto trousers, or for useinor with garment supports, 01' trusses, or other articles of. wearinvolving the yielding connection of two articles or.

members, or the attaching of one article to another, whereby theconnecting means will be under tension.

The invention particularly relates to suspender ends, or to a similarflexible element.

returned on "itself and having metallic coil springs around the same, toresiliently connect the said flexible element, whereby nonelasticflexible elements may be employed.

The use of a continuous coil spring permits the cord to'slide in thespring. In

my invention, separate springs are 'employed on the flexible element,and a device is arranged between the springs at the U- bend of theelement, the result being that the cord or like flexible element will beprevented from running through the springs by a pull on either end ofsaid cord.

The, invention will be particularly described as embodied in s'uspenderends.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying. drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in'which similar characters of referenceindicatecorrespondingparts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, with partsbroken'out and in section,showing myimproved tension means applied to a known form-of Suspenderends and the lower portion of the webbing; Fig. 2 is avertical sectiononth e line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-.3 ofFig. 1 Fig. dis a plan view of a guard device employed in connectionwith the tension means 1n the form shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is aperspective 'viewof the modifiedthat may be employed.

guard device Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, the

webbing 10 of the Suspender is upturned, a's

at 11., at the front of the webbing, to form'a pocket between the. said.front and back.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1%;5. 1914. Serial No. 825,800.

The pocket-is completed by stitching the upper end of the front 11, asat 10 to the main stretch 10 of the webbing, and also vertically alongthe. sides-as at 10".

In the closed bottom 12- ofthe pocket gromets 13 are secured. Thegromets engage at the interior of the pocket 12 with an aperturedreinforcing plate 14, to strengthen said bottom. The gromets 13 provideeyelets-for the passage of elongated members 15 of cordor 'like'flexible'material. The cord is return-bent to produce the members '15, andsaid'menibers may constitute a suspender end, being continuous with eachother atthe interior of the pocket 12 and merging into a U-bend 15 attheir juncture.

Surrounding the 'members 15' within the pocket are the separate helicalcompression springs 16, the lower ends of which seat on the gromets 13.In order to prevent the cord 15 from having a running-movement .throughthe springs,'I provide'a guard 17 above theupper ends of the springsadjacent to the said bend 15. Said guard, as best shownin Fig. 7, is inthe form of an S, or equivalent shape; to provide eyes 17 which surroundthe respectivevmemb'ers 15,

the said guard at the junction between theeyes 17*" engaging the underside of the 1 bend 15, whereby the guard is prevented 'fromdisplacement. Any runninggnove ment'of the cord through the spring 16and guard 17 will be checked, and arrested bythe said guard,because'that member 15 of the cord moving toward the guard will,

through the gripping engagement 'of the spring, draw the said sprmgagainst the guard, crowding the convolutions of the spring andtightening the grip of the spring on the cord atithebend, at one sideofthe guard. The guard furthermore maintains the 'spr-ings separated,afndprevents the one By the described arrangement a pull downward on themembers 15 will placethe springs 16 jointly under compression, thereaction of the springs will maintain tension on the said members and onthe webbing. In the compression and expansion of the springs the upperends thereef will be maintained against distortion or in. terferencewithea ch'other by the 1rd. 17.

Having thus described my i ns cm 1 claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

, ends of the springs, and said springs being seated on the bottom ofthe pocket.

2. A supporting device for an article of wearing apparel and meansthere-en to at 'taoh said device to anarticle of apparel, said meanscomprising a flexible element returned on itself presenting twoelongated.

-members, an element presenting pocket through which said members maymove longitudii 'mrate eorapressisn springs on. said. e i members yieldy resisting 1 J tudinai nievemen if, and a sepa" ting device in 1' onthe fioxi element between ngs and abuned by aeent ends 0' the oppositeends of the springs rel, .en't remembers, an throng.

longitudi 1x lid springs being sea arating ble eledevice in imttsd bynient bet and a adjace e said separating 0 Iv embracing the .1

flexib ieeiemeno osed at an angle to in name to tin have signed my i thepresence of WILSON.

